Comments - Window Improvement vs. Window Replacement - Home Energy Pros2016-12-10T03:27:51Zhttp://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=6069565%3ABlogPost%3A121887&xn_auth=noI once had a house built in t…tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2013-07-15:6069565:Comment:1248572013-07-15T00:04:42.216ZBob Blanchettehttp://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/BobBlanchette
<p>I once had a house built in the 20's, the windows were the original wood ones, rot and all. I did TV repair at the time and used old screen protectors with weatherstripping as the additional pane. $5 for a roll of weatherstripping paid off is one month.</p>
<p>I once had a house built in the 20's, the windows were the original wood ones, rot and all. I did TV repair at the time and used old screen protectors with weatherstripping as the additional pane. $5 for a roll of weatherstripping paid off is one month.</p> When I first started weatheri…tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2013-07-07:6069565:Comment:1236582013-07-07T15:01:46.834ZRobert D York Jrhttp://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/RobertDYorkJr
<p>When I first started weatherization, back in the early 90's, window repair and weatherstripping was top priority. Auditors would have me rework the entire sash. Schlagel weatherstripping was used, glass replaced, new sash locks installed. Old windows became pretty much new. Talk to people about it in today's "weatherization" circles and they are clueless, or consider it to much work. Pay back on replacement may not get the SIR people are looking for, but, I'd be willing to bet that the old…</p>
<p>When I first started weatherization, back in the early 90's, window repair and weatherstripping was top priority. Auditors would have me rework the entire sash. Schlagel weatherstripping was used, glass replaced, new sash locks installed. Old windows became pretty much new. Talk to people about it in today's "weatherization" circles and they are clueless, or consider it to much work. Pay back on replacement may not get the SIR people are looking for, but, I'd be willing to bet that the old school approach to weatherstripping would. </p>